Releasing the Chromium OS open source project — In July we announced that we were working on Google Chrome OS, an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web. — Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this early …

Video: Chrome OS For Dummies — Still not sure why Google is building its own operating system? It created this animated video to try to explain why the Web needs a new OS, and why that OS should be Chrome. Google just showed the video at its Chrome OS press event which MG is liveblogging.

The Apple Tablet Is Dead — Apple tablet rumors started verging into the ridiculous Thursday morning with reports that Apple has pushed back the project's launch date yet again. Those same sources are saying Apple is developing a high-end tablet that could retail for as much as $2000, according to Digitimes.

Automatic captions in YouTube — Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we've introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had great personal significance to me, not only because I helped to design them, but also because I'm deaf.

What's Happening? — Twitter was originally conceived as a mobile status update service—an easy way to keep in touch with people in your life by sending and receiving short, frequent answers to one question, “What are you doing?” However, when we implemented the service, we chose to leave something out.

AOL: We Need to Fire 2,500 “Volunteers” — AOL, which has already told investors it will spend up to $200 million firing a good chunk of its staff, has now told employees. The company is looking for “up to 2,500 volunteers,” CEO Tim Armstrong told his staff today. That's a third of AOL's payroll.

Livescribe pen gets an app store — The Livescribe app store, now in beta, allows users to download applications to their pen ranging from inexpensive games to a pricey—but handy—Bar Mitzvah tutor. — (Credit: Livescribe) — It took a little bit longer than the company had hoped …

Foursquare Goes Global With Launch in 50 New Cities — Right on the heels of Foursquare's API release, the location-based mobile application and game is announcing another big rollout to cities across the world. — Just one month after releasing Foursquare to 15 new cities in the US and Canada …

The OS Opportunity — A few weeks ago, in a piece here titled “Herd Mentality”, I argued that PC makers who want to succeed should create their own OSes: … Hardware and software both matter, and Apple's history shows that there's a good argument to be made for developing integrated hardware and software.

Amazon Slashes Palm Pre To $79.99; Pixi Now $24.99 — The smart phone price war rages on. — In the latest example, Amazon.com (AMZN) has slashed the price of the Palm Pre to $79.99 with a two-year service plan from Sprint (S); they're also throwing in free activation of the phone.

Mozilla reveals 2008 revenue: $79 million — The Mozilla Foundation's revenue grew 5 percent to $79 million in 2008, with its Firefox search-ad deal with Google still the biggest benefactor, the organization said Thursday. — The figure is notable for an open-source effort, but the growth tapered off significantly.

Going rate for acquisitions at Intuit: $170 million — Last night I asked Justin Kitch, who sold his company, Homestead.com, to Intuit in 2007, how much Intuit paid for the company. “$170 million,” he said. “No,” I said, “That was Mint. How much was Homestead?” — “It's funny, isn't it?” he said.

Facebook Common Stock Valuation Jumps 42% to $9.5 Billion — Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — The price of Facebook Inc. stock on exchanges for private companies has jumped as much as 42 percent in the past four months as membership of the site topped 300 million users and the company turned cash flow positive.

Ovi Store - the First 5 Months — 2009 has sure gone by quickly and being mid-November, 2010 is rapidly approaching. For those of you who are mobile developers or are following the various mobile application stores available in market I thought I would give another update regarding Ovi Store …

Facebook Upgrades Their Photo Uploader Tool — This evening Chris Putnam of Facebook announced that the company is launching an upgraded version of their photo uploader, immediately available for testing as on of Facebook's Prototype applications. Over time Facebook has had issues …